Abbreviations
A
Exposed surface area
ABNJ
Area Beyond National Jurisdiction
ABRC
Aquatic Biomass Research Center
ACOE
Armey Corps of Engineers
ADV
Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry
AHP
Analytical Hierarchy Process
AMC
Asset Management Control
AOGHS
American Oil and Gas Historical Society
APA
Aquaculture Planning and Advocacy
AQU
Aquamats®
ARIES
Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services
Art.
Article
ASAIM
American Soybean Association International Marketing
ASW
Artificial Seaweed Collector
AWI
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research
ß
Angle between cable and horizontal axis
BAH
Biologische Anstalt Helgoland (Biological Institute Helgoland)
BFN
Bundesamt für Naturschutz (Federal Agency for Nature
Conservation (BfN)
BMP
Best Management Practices
BNatSchG Bundesnaturschutzgesetz (German Federal Nature Conservation Act)
BRE
Bronx River Estuary
BSH
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime
and Hydrographic Agency)
BWB
Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung (Federal Office of
Defence and Precurement)
C
Carbon
CAPEX
Capital expenditures
C D
Drag coefficient
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